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Rethinking the Future of Dining Through Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

While Noma’s run as a Michelin restaurant is now at an end, there are many reasons why it doesn’t spell the end of fine dining cuisine as we know it. There’s a high cost in running fine dining restaurants, but the value rests in their place in society.

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The Topic Is Tipping

Modern Restaurant Management

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9 percent year-over-year at fine dining and 3.53

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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

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In pursuit of these objectives, restaurants must reimagine dining experiences through enhanced restaurant technology, deepen their commitment to sustainability, and fine-tune their core offerings. Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry.

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Connectivity Puts the ‘Connect’ in Customer ‘Connections’

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Here are some examples of how connectivity technologies are helping QSR brands, like Dunkin’, connect with customers and redefine the dining experience. Enabling Flexible Ordering. Flexible ordering has become an expectation for restaurant customers – from fine dining to quick service.

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How Restaurants are Evolving Labor with Third-Party Delivery in 2021

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The restaurant industry will look back on 2020 as the spark that changed how it does business. The COVID-19 pandemic left dining rooms empty and accelerated the industry’s shift to third-party delivery services as a major revenue driver. The biggest revenue stream during COVID-19 has been outdoor dining. of revenue.

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Consumer Habits Are Changing — What’s Next for Restaurant Tech?

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Many food and beverage establishments have seen success with technology — such as contactless options, automation to support changing workforces and innovative customer loyalty strategies — in their endeavors to meet the demand for safer and more convenient dining experiences. Gone are the days of cash-only transactions.

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Orchestrating Restaurant Operations to Increase CX

Modern Restaurant Management

Further Optimize Delivery, Takeout and Curbside Experiences Many QSRs already relieve congested drive-thrus with distinct lines or protocols for call-ahead orders and third-party pickups. One of our clients, a well-known QSR legacy brand, added an express drive-thru lane for customers ordering ahead on the brand’s app.